[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 47, Volume 5]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 47CFR97.119]



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                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION

 

        CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (CONTINUED)

 

PART 97_AMATEUR RADIO SERVICE--Table of Contents

 

                  Subpart B_Station Operation Standards

 

Sec.  97.119  Station identification.



    (a) Each amateur station, except a space station or telecommand 

station, must transmit its assigned call sign on its transmitting 

channel at the end of each communication, and at least every 10 minutes 

during a communication, for the purpose of clearly making the source of 

the transmissions from the station known to those receiving the 

transmissions. No station may transmit unidentified communications or 

signals, or transmit as the station call sign, any call sign not 

authorized to the station.

    (b) The call sign must be transmitted with an emission authorized 

for the transmitting channel in one of the following ways:

    (1) By a CW emission. When keyed by an automatic device used only 

for identification, the speed must not exceed 20 words per minute;

    (2) By a phone emission in the English language. Use of a phonetic 

alphabet as an aid for correct station identification is encouraged;

    (3) By a RTTY emission using a specified digital code when all or 

part of the communications are transmitted by a RTTY or data emission;

    (4) By an image emission conforming to the applicable transmission 

standards, either color or monochrome, of Sec.  73.682(a) of the FCC 

Rules when all or part of the communications are transmitted in the same 

image emission

    (c) One or more indicators may be included with the call sign. Each 

indicator must be separated from the call sign by the slant mark (/) or 

by any suitable word that denotes the slant mark. If an indicator is 

self-assigned, it must be included before, after, or both before and 

after, the call sign. No self-assigned indicator may conflict with any 

other indicator specified by the FCC Rules or with any prefix assigned 

to another country.

    (d) When transmitting in conjunction with an event of special 

significance, a station may substitute for its assigned call sign a 

special event call sign as shown for that station for that period of 

time on the common data base coordinated, maintained and disseminated by 

the special event call sign data base coordinators. Additionally, the 

station must transmit its assigned call sign at least once per hour 

during such transmissions.

    (e) When the operator license class held by the control operator 

exceeds that of the station licensee, an indicator consisting of the 

call sign assigned to the control operator's station must be included 

after the call sign.

    (f) When the control operator is a person who is exercising the 

rights and privileges authorized by Sec.  97.9(b) of this part, an 

indicator must be included after the call sign as follows:



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    (1) For a control operator who has requested a license modification 

from Novice Class to Technical Class: KT;

    (2) For a control operator who has requested a license modification 

from Novice, Technician, or Technician Plus Class to General Class: AG;

    (3) For a control operator who has requested a license modification 

from Novice, Technician, Technician Plus, General, or Advanced Class to 

Amateur Extra Class: AE.

    (g) When the station is transmitting under the authority of Sec.  

97.107 of this part, an indicator consisting of the appropriate letter-

numeral designating the station location must be included before the 

call sign that was issued to the station by the country granting the 

license. For an amateur service license granted by the Government of 

Canada, however, the indicator must be included after the call sign. At 

least once during each intercommunication, the identification 

announcement must include the geographical location as nearly as 

possible by city and state, commonwealth or possession.



[54 FR 25857, June 20, 1989, as amended at 54 FR 39535, Sept. 27, 1989; 

55 FR 30457, July 26, 1990; 56 FR 28, Jan. 2, 1991; 62 FR 17567, Apr. 

10, 1997; 63 FR 68980, Dec. 14, 1998; 64 FR 51471, Sept. 23, 1999; 66 FR 

20752, Apr. 25, 2001]